To render these names accurately without the living voice is impossible. But with the phonetic renderings given, where required, in the following index, and with attention to the following general rules, the reader will get as near to the correct pronunciation as it is at all necessary for him to do.
I. GAELIC
Vowels are pronounced as in French or German; thus i (long) is like ee, e (long) like a in “date,” u (long) like oo. A stroke over a letter signifies length; thus dūn is pronounced “doon” (not “dewn”).
ch is a guttural, as in the word “loch.” It is never pronounced with a t sound, as in English “chip.”
c is always like k.
gh is silent, as in English.
II. CYMRIC
w, when a consonant, is pronounced as in English; when a vowel, like oc.
y, when long, is like ee; when short, like u in “but.”
ch and c as in Gaelic.